Eriksson calls for racism crackdown from governing bodies

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Sven-Goran Eriksson, the England coach, believes that the recent spate of racist abuse aimed at black players has given Fifa and Uefa a “golden opportunity” to do something about the problem.

Eriksson watched as racist Spanish fans made monkey gestures towards Ashley Cole, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Jermain Defoe during England’s 1-0 defeat to Spain in Madrid last week and yesterday Jason Perryman, a Blackburn Rovers supporter, was fined 1,000 and banned from football grounds for the maximum five years for similar racist abuse aimed at Birmingham City’s Dwight Yorke. Right wing Real Madrid supporters were also caught on camera making